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Waldo Lydecker wrote:

Would this be any good?

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/sw_ant/3872.html


Every engineered piece of equipment has the use for which it is
designed. If you can put this unit in a room with no nearby electronic
noise generators I'm sure it will work fine but I would expect that you
would find it hard to find that electrically quiet spot in your house.

The antenna is a whip. A whip is essentially a voltage probe type of
antenna that will do a good job of picking up local noise sources so I
can't recommend it.

The antenna type is not in this units favor however, instead of being
the usual broadband amplifier design this one is tunable. This feature
could be a help rejecting some of the local noise makers. The drawback
is you have to keep retuning it every time you retune your receiver.

For starters I would look online for a review. Then I would consider the
other electronics around you that would interfere with your reception.

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Telamon
Ventura, California